Sec. 773.0495.  LICENSED PARAMEDIC QUALIFICATIONS.  An individual qualifies as a licensed paramedic if the department determines that the individual is minimally proficient to provide advanced life support that includes initiation under medical supervision of certain procedures, including intravenous therapy, endotracheal or esophageal intubation, electrical cardiac defibrillation or cardioversion, and drug therapy.  In addition, a licensed paramedic must complete a curriculum that includes college-level course work in accordance with department rules.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 435, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by: 
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1526, eff. April 2, 2015.